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Groundation Australian Tour 2010

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ImanDan
, Oct 21 2010 10:24 PM

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ImanDan

Posted 21 October 2010 - 10:24 PM

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GROUNDATION’S FIRST-EVER AUSTRALIAN TOURCalifornia’s renowned roots reggae band Groundation will be touring Australia for the first time everin October & November 2010. Limited number of East Coast shows only.

Considered as one of the best groups in thecurrent international reggae scene, Groundation is touring their highly acclaimed sixth album, Here I Am.

Kicking off with a headline slot at this year’s Island Vibe Festival on Queensland’s Stradbroke Island, theband will play a handful of special East Coast shows before wrapping up their first Australian tour with ashowcase spot at the 2010 Australasian World Music Expo in Melbourne.Band leader Harrison Stafford says the band is excited about their foray onto Australian shores.

“Whenever we get the opportunity to travel and see new places and meet new people, to exchangeculture and learn more about our world, we grow as people and musicians,” he says. “Groundationtravels across Europe, the Middle East, America, South America, the Caribbean, year after year after year,and yet we have never had the privilege to come here to the Australian continent until now. I myself amexcited for these concerts, as all these people will be experiencing Groundation for the first timetogether. It is going to be very powerful; the energy, the vibes extremely potent. We are improvisors andmusical warriors. Each show will feature different songs off different albums making every nightimportant, every night special.”

Saying that Groundation is a reggae band is merely scratching the surface; the band’s sound is an organicfusion of classic roots reggae, heavy funk/jazz fusion, and transcendental dub. Their live shows aresynonymous with high-energy positive communal vibrations, combining the message and determinationof the best reggae music has to offer with perpetually fresh jazz-inspired improvisation.

Already Groundation’s album, Here I Am, is garnering them critical acclaim. National Critics andIndependent Press have responded, calling Groundation ‘Champions of the true sound’. LA’s SoundSpectrum states ‘The lyrics cry to our generation just as Bob Marley did in his … their future in the worldof reggae music is groundbreaking.’

From the band’s debut release in 1999, they’ve been carving their own route and earning themselves astellar following among music lovers and their contemporaries. Since their foray into the professionalmusic spectrum over a decade ago, Groundation has shared the stage with legendary acts such as DonCarlos and Pablo Moses, and has recorded with artists such as Apple Gabriel, Don Carlos, The Congos andMarcia Higgs.

Harrison encourages reggae fans and all music lovers to make sure they catch the band’s gigs during theirwhirlwind Australian tour. “We are not like any other band on the road, we are Groundation, and we aregoing to be there with the Australian people to experience a rare and beautiful moment of musictogether…right on!” he says.